Thread-holder.



W. J. G E.

THREAD R.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, 1909.

947,517, I Patented Jan.25, 1910.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM JAMES GREENE, OF LISBURN, IRELAND, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM BARBOUR & SONS, LIMITED, 0]? LISBURN, IRELAND.

THREAD-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 25, 1910.

Application filed June 19, 1909. Serial No. 503,226.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM JAMES GREENE, a subject of the Kin of Great Britain and Ireland, and a resi ent of Lisburn, in the county of Antrim, Ireland, thread-mill mana er, have invented certain new and useful mprovements' in Thread- Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference" to improvements inthe construction of holders or boxes for balls of thread and the like, such as is used for sewing, crochet, knitting or the like,

by which the thread is kept clean and free from entanglement, and at the same time the state of the ball may be ins ected without having to open the holder or this pur pose, thus permitting of the holder bein hermetically closed or rendered dust proo except as re ards the small hole or aperture through which the thread is drawn.

In carrying this invention into effect or practice the boxes or holders made of cardboard, or other similar suitable material may be of round, oblong or other shape. According to my improvements each holder is formed with an opening at some convenient part filled in wit a disk or other shaped piece of transparent material such as celluloid. A small hole is formed through the transparent iece for the thread to be drawn through, an this obviates the wear of the cardboard which would take place if the thread was drawn throu hit. After lacing the ball of thread wit in the hol er the same is hermetically'sealed or rendered dust. proof by pasting or gumming on a label.

In order that my Invention may be properly understood I have hereunto appended one sheet of explanatory drawings in which- Figures 1 to 4 illustrate the application of my improvements to one form, while Figs. 5 to 7 illustrate the application to a different form of holder.

' Referring to the drawings which form part of this specification :the holder shown 1n plan view in Fig. 1 and in elevatlon in Fig. 2 is made of two flat bottomed or other cup shaped parts 1 and 2, shown by the perspective views Fi s. 3 and 4, which when p aced together a ter insertion of the ball of thread 4, indicated in dotted lines, are connected and rendered dust proof by pasting a label or paper strip 3 around same to cover the joint, as shown in Fig. 2. The transparent disk 5 is inserted in one of the flat sides, and the thread 4 is drawn through a hole 9 in same. Otherwise as illustrated by Figs. 5 to 7 the holder is formed of cardboard or the like, cut as shown in the plan view Fig. 5, so that when folded together it will form a holder 6 of rectangular form, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7 being respectively sectional and perspective views. The transparent disk or piece 5 pierced by a small hole 9 for the assage of the thread is inserted in one o the sides.

This holder may be hermetically closed by pasting strips or labels over the joints between the various parts. The square portion 7 may form the top of the holder and the portion 8 the bottom or vice versa, and the thread may be drawn through a hole in an of the sides.

at I claim as m invention and desire to secure b Letters atent is 1. A hol er for a ball of thread, consisting of a container having an opening closed by a sheet of transparent material, said sheet being provided with an opening for v 

